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The Court of Appeals was correct in holding that sanctions may be awarded pursuant to the Frivolous Civil Proceedings Sanction Act against DSS in a child abuse and neglect action, and in reversing the award here. Nothing in this decision conflicts with our decision in Spartanburg County DSS v. Little, 309 S.C. 122, 420 S.E.2d 499 (1992). The opinion also discusses the appellate scope of review in an equity matter.

In this case, the Court refused to recognize a duty flowing from Clemson University to a student when an advisor's incorrect advice caused the student to be inelegible to play baseball under NCAA rules.

This case involves the issue of whether the court erred by finding there was no probable cause to believe appellant's mental abnormality or personality disorder had so changed such that appellant was safe to be released from civil commitment and not likely to commit acts of sexual violence.

This opinion publicly reprimands former Greenville County Clerk of Court Fletcher C. Mann, Jr., for failing to comply with an order of destruction, arranging for electronic surveillance of a circuit court judge, and uttering a racial slur.

This opinion publicly reprimands former Jasper County Magistrate Joyce Lynn Leavell for failing to promptly remit funds in a bond matter, collecting unauthorized fees in a warrant matter, failing to disclose her former employment by an attorney appearing before her, and arranging for a Magistrate's Sale of and issuance of title for a vehicle that did not properly belong to her.

Issue is whether evidence of amounts billed by a treating physician admissible to establish a medical malpractice plaintiff’s damages, where the plaintiff is a Medicaid patient who is not liable for any amounts billed in excess of the amount paid by Medicaid?